JP covered multiple choice questions from a test bank.vTopics included wastewater systems and conservation. Also, water usage and land use / trends in the United States.
Today's session addressed the AP synthesis essay. Although JP studied the six sources, he encountered difficulty generating a thesis that did more than repeat the opinion of one of the sources. As such, I provided instruction and modeling for crafting the AP synthesis essay. On the board, I demonstrated how to begin the essay with a provocative idea followed by a thesis that was original yet responded to the topic :Should space travel be privatized ? I then explained how to use the sources to support a claim and provided JP an outline for proceeding. For homework, he will complete the essay and the MCQ Test 1 practice questions.
Today he worked on the conversation on page 105. He is learning about the future tense in Spanish. He also learned new vocabulary about taking classes in college. He did well today.
Today JPaul and I discussed the Unit circle, its angles in degrees and radians, and its x/y coordinates. JPaul and I did something simliar to this in Algebra 2 this past summer, so parts of this was a review. So instead of me instructing him, I had him stand up at the board and do the teaching (with my help). He drew a unit circle on a coordinate plane and we started with the obvious coordinates (1,0), (0,1), (-1,0), and (0,-1). Next we labeled the multiples of 30 degrees, 45 degrees, and 60 degrees. We considered what those angle measures were in radians and labeled those as well. Next, I proved to JPaul using the Pythagorean theorem, the coordinates of the multiples of 45 degrees. JPaul was then able to complete the unit circle. Tomorrow we will relate the unit circle back to the 6 trigonometric functions.
